lighting

Replacing the incandescent light bulb is no joke. Commercialized by Thomas Edison more than a century ago, the light bulb ranks with the printing press, electricity, and penicillin as one of the great inventions that changed the world. But its huge success also became a weakness. Lighting now represents as [...]

Louis Nerone spent quarter of a century at GE’s historic NELA Park quietly inventing better light bulbs. Last month, Nerone, who is a principal engineer at GE Lighting Solutions, was awarded his 106th patent. All but five of those have been assigned to GE, which adds up to about four [...]

Last week we looked at how GE’s maverick engineers invented the electric carving knife in the early 1960s, forever changing the American Thanksgiving meal. With the last slice of leftover turkey eaten, another GE holiday hero beckons: electric Christmas lights, invented by Thomas Edison in 1880.
Early on, Christmas lights [...]

London Mayor Boris Johnson says he has a “spectacular” view of the picturesque Tower Bridge from his office. That view will soon get even better.
GE and its UK partner EDF Energy have received a formal approval to install GE’s new energy efficient LED technology and a cabling system to [...]

A decade ago this week, GE caused a breakthrough in lighting when it rolled out its iconic brand of Reveal light bulbs. GE engineers figured out that when you bake an oxide of the soft silvery metal neodymium into the bulb’s glass shell, the element’s atoms absorb drab yellow and [...]

With Father’s Day on Sunday, we’re all reminded of the great lengths to which dads have been known to go to teach their sons lessons. But perhaps no one is going as far as Pierce Hoover.
Earlier this month, Hoover and his 13-year-old son Nash embarked on a 90-day, 4,500 mile [...]

As London readies itself for the Royal Wedding, an event that’s placing the city smack in the center of the worldwide spotlight, GE has also been busy helping improve the city’s lighting, literally. Today, the company announced that it, along with London 2012 Sustainability partner EDF Energy and the City [...]